Law is one of the career oriented course one can pursue after 12th or graduation. Students who want to become “Lawyer “or who has dream to be a Lawyer can pursue the Law Course. In India, the student can pursue the legal degree after the completion of the graduation in any discipline. There are number of degrees in Legal Education. Like other courses, they also vary from Bachelor to Masters.

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

LLB is considered as one of the most common and basic course in the field of Law. Students can do this course after completion of their 3 years bachelor Program. So, one who want to do LLB must be complete degree of 3 years it is the mandatory. LLB is the most common degree of law education. LLB program is a three years course.

Integrated Undergraduate Course

There is an option of Integrated Undergraduate Course. Students who wish to do the integrated course can take the admission in 5 year integrated program after the completion of 10+2 exams. Students after completion of 10+2, can directly go for 5 years Law Course in which he will do study regarding Normal Degree + Law Study. The benefits of this programme are it will be of 5 years instead of 6 years.

Integrated undergraduate degrees –

B.A. LL.B.

B.Sc. LL.B.

BBA LLB,

B.Com LL.B -5 years

Master of Laws (LL.M.) – It can be one/two years

Master in Law known as LLM. So it is the master degree in legal education having one or two-year duration. It has been started in India before 2012.

Master of Business Law

The MBL is the master degree in legal education with the specialization in business law having one or two-year duration.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

There is a good prospect for PhD after the legal education. Most of the highly reputed autonomous institution provides the PhD programmes.

Integrated MBL-LLM/ MBA-LLM – 3 years

One who wishes to do the integrated course with business specialization can go for the MBL-LLM or MBA-LLM. It is a 3 year degree programme after the completion of the LLB.

Admission –

The students, who wish to get the admission in law, have to appear in CLAT 2017 (Common Law Admission Test). CLAT is conducted for admission to National Law Universities (NLUs) and various other institutions. Through CLAT, students are admitted in Integrated L.L.B and L.L.M courses.

Student can go for law courses with any stream (Science stream/ Commerce stream / Arts stream) in 12th.

BCI provides “Certificate of Practice” to the candidates after completing LL.B. To practice in the profession of law and to receive certificate, it is mandatory for the candidates to qualify All India Bar Examination (AIBE)

List of Top Universities in India –

At National Level there are some of the top universities in India offering the legal education are as the following:

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata

National Law University, Jodhpur, Jodhpur

Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar

List of Colleges of Karnataka

Karnataka is the popular state for education. It is considered as state with highly literate people. Following is the list of colleges best known for Law Colleges in Karnataka.